The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-14
POWER OF d. 4 o. OFFICIALS. :

graceful pressure brought to bear to secure
silence. s9g
| POWER OF B.A o. OFFICIALS. q,
The Baltimore & Ohio road has several
thousands employees in Maryland, and the
whole power OF the high officials Of the
road, including the President, Robert Gar.
rett, and the manager of the lines eaat O,
the Ohio River, Mr.. Clements, has bsen
exercised to have the employees vote the
Democratic ticket. ~ 1Ii
It is by means Of tho Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad that the Democratic party haa
retained Its grip upon the State of West
Virginia. 49, - zg3S33i5.75,' !
MIR. Cowen says that Mr.. Garrett ia a
supporter OF the German crowd, and that
everyone knows 1t. He alao declares thet
he haa been large personal contributor
to the regular Democratic campaign fund.
The German crowd is the regular Demo.
cratic" party in Maryland. le. :
The fight in Maryland against German
is being. wsged with bitterness, and it is
developing a good many startling truths,
for instance tho part Of the Baltimore {;
Ohio railroad in politics. A Democratic
leader Of State reputation, who used to be
friend OF GormRn, but who now opposes
him, told me that West Virginia was car
ried for the Democrats in 1884 by the
lavish expenditure Of Robert Garrett'e
money and the coercion of the employes
under him. H., ~ !!ff:575I !f:575 =
1t seems to be pretty we'll understood
here that when the. Democrats became
frightened about West Virginia in 1854 by
reason OF MIR. 8. B. Elklne' feints and
maneuvers In tho vicinity Of Deer Park,
German told Garrett that the State was
lost unless he would step in to save it,
Garrett was to have influence with the
Democratic President, II one we're elected.
tor. the purpose Of securing portion oi
the Governments express and telegraph
business for his own lines. The Govern.
nent has large quantities Of coin and
bullion to transport, and its telegraph
bills are, OF couree, enormous. The West.
ern Union Telegraph Company and the
Adams Express Company had been
getting most Of tho business at the dis.
posal Of the various departments. s'-5st
HOW WEST VIRGINIA WAS CARRIED. y e..
Garrett thought he saw chance to put
the Administration under obligations 10
him, 80 1t is claimed and believed that he
ordered his financial man to honor ali
drafts made by Senator German. West
Virginia was eayed to the Democrats, but
it cost Garrett 100000. The eum NAV
not all have gone into the State OF West
Virginia, but it left .Garrett's Golfers for
that deatination. ~ Z. q ~ N
The cad part Of this business is that
when Garrett and German reminded
President Cleveland Of his obligations to
the former, and limited that transfer OF
the Governments telegraph and express
business to the Baltimore 4 Ohio Comma
ny would bs graceful way OF ackuowl.
edging Garrett'a hundred Thousand dollar
contribution, the great man at the White
House cooily said he did not favor q
change and would not suggest any altera.
tions. IN exprcsa and telegraph arrange
ments. ~ y, 2 ~ 5yg -. q & Z - tS
This cold political ingratitudo made Cor.
man and Garrett swear by turns and in
concert, but it did not restore the hupdred
thousand dollara which the late railroad
potentate had, as he thought, 30 shrewdly
flung into the campaign. as. .s,JI:I
The German ring Is a wonderfully i'm.
pudent organization. 1t is openly fi9htipp
reform to-day, and by reform I mean the
effort on the part Of honest people to se.
cure an honest election. The ring says to
the people, "We want to keep the offices.
and we mean to do 60 by means So foul AZ
the emergency seems to warrant" li5IFEi a
THE ENa MUST 90. ! IA, n,
The crimes Of the regular Democratic
party Of Maryland, OF Of the German RING
the terms are synonymous) have become
intolerable. They include intimidation,
murder, and all manner Of fraud. Reac.
ton has set in and thia year there ia a
widespread independent movement, TIE
honest Democrats Of the stats are eup.
porting the Republican ticket and can.
didate for Governor. i37,yg5I 3! i"17l
ut ia NOV or nsver,n'! and a case ol
selt. incarceration with the honest voters
Of Maryland. sIi-iE53,I5lss I. ~.
The ring must 70 ! .5il